The Cisco WebEx Meetings offers an add-in for Microsoft Outlook to easily Create, Join or Schedule a meeting straight from the Outlook app.
The WebEx add-in for Outlook isn’t included with the WebEx Meetings Desktop app, you have to download the ‘Cisco Webex Productivity Tools’ app to enable WebEx add-in in Outlook.
To download the ‘Cisco Webex Productivity Tools’ app, first, head over to meetingsapac.webex.com and sign-in with your WebEx account.
Then, select the ‘Downloads’ option from the panel on the left side of your WebEx account dashboard screen.
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Once download screen opens, scroll down a bit and click on the ‘Download’ link under the ‘Cisco Webex Productivity Tools’ section to download the installer file for WebEx productivity tools.
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Open the folder on your computer where you saved the downloaded file, and double-click/run the ‘webexplugin.msi’ installer file to begin installation of the app.
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Next, follow the on-screen process to install the WebEx Productivity Tools app on your PC.
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Once the app is installed, open Microsoft Outlook on your PC from either the Desktop shortcut or the Start menu. If it was open before, then fully close and re-open it.
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You should now see the WebEx Add-in available under the ‘Home’ tab in Outlook with ‘Meet Now’ and ‘Schedule Meeting’ options.
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Remember: It’s important that you restart Outlook after installing the WebEx Productivity Tools app, or else you won’t see the WebEx addin.
WebEx Add-in not showing in Outlook?
If even after installing the WebEx Productivity Tools app and restarting Outlook you don’t have the WebEx add-in in Outlook, then check if the Add-in is disabled in Outlook.
Go to ‘Files » Options » Add-ins’ on Outlook and see if the ‘WebEx Integration’ add-in is listed under the ‘Disabled Application Add-ins’ section. If yes, enable it and make the add-in is active as shown in screenshot below.
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WebEx add-in for Outlook enables you to join, create, and schedule meetings from Outlook directly. If you use Outlook to manage your business mails, you may find the add-in helpful to quickly create or join meetings in WebEx.
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